by Dawn Baird | 10 Oct 12 | ethics, social media, social networking
Situated between Experience and Education on your LinkedIn profile, there is a section entitled Skills and Experience, to which you can add words and phrases. Here are the crucial rules. Add only the skills you possess Be honest. Simples. If you want to add to your...
by Dawn Baird | 02 Jul 12 | social media, social networking
Tweet Twitter has a nice, new, shiny feature. Embedded tweets. What is it? Well, you can now insert tweets (as they appear on your timeline) into a WordPress post. There are three ways to do this: First, Find the URL of any tweet by clicking on the time the tweet was...
by Dawn Baird | 28 Nov 11 | social media, social networking
A caveat before I begin. So the haters can go elsewhere. I’m addressing people who use Twitter to help raise their profile, and connect with professionals. Never Have a Blank Avatar The blank avatar space is filled with a Twitter bird or an egg shape. Neither...
by Dawn Baird | 14 Sep 11 | social media
Follow Friday is a device used by Twitter users to recommend good people to follow. If you are new to Twitter, use a tool such as Hootsuite or Tweetdeck and filter your All list, for #followfriday or #ff. This will highlight who those you follow recommend following. ...
by Dawn Baird | 29 Aug 11 | social media, social networking
Facebook now allows you to profile Pages you’ve liked, from your Page. And, likewise for Page Owners. If you want to highlight key staff, clients, partners, suppliers, this is a convenient way to do it. Log into Facebook Navigate to your Page Click Edit Page...
by Dawn Baird | 19 Mar 11 | business, marketing, social media, social networking
Before you begin, you may wish to read Profiles and Pages on Facebook: The Difference. You will also need the event description, an image and a booking link ready to go. Add the Facebook Events app to your business page Facebook Events is a Facebook...